Disable External Buttons

jjames

Is there not a way to disable the hard buttons via code? When creating a TP file, I create one file per panel type, and then in code distinguish which panel was hit and send the appropriate popup, page, etc. I've tried assigning the hard buttons a variable text address so I can send the "^ENA" command to try and disable them, but it didn't work. They're volume buttons, so they're channels 24 & 25, and those buttons are also on the TP screen.

Short of creating a new file, are there any other options? Has anyone tried this before?

DHawthorne

I generally disable volume buttons when a system isn't on just to prevent the volume bar popup I use from appearing. I just trap the button event:

BUTTON_EVENT[dvTP, mVolumeButtons]
{
     PUSH :
    {
        IF(nSystemMode <> SYSTEM_OFF)    // SYSTEM_OFF being one of my standard CONSTANT values
             { // do volume control and popup management here
             }
    }
}

jjames

Errr - sorry!! I failed to get into details as to why I'm trying to disable the hard buttons only because I want them to be a page flip only. The volume control will still be on the panel...

I dunno, perhaps I'm making this too complex. I guess I could make it simple and change the button numbers and be done with it. Grrr - here's me again making a mountain out of an ant hill.

Joe Hebert

jjames wrote:

?I'm trying to disable the hard buttons only because I want them to be a page flip only.

Have you tried these SEND_COMMANDs?
1) ^CPF ? clear all page flips from a button
2) ^APF ? add page flip action to a button if it doesn?t already exist
3) ^DPF ? delete page flip from a button if it already exists.